Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4269243 | Veneer lathe An improved veneer lathe which cuts sheets of veneer from a turned log. A torque is applied to the log both by way of the spindle chuck holding its axial ends and by way of its outer periphery. During the cutting operation, the primary cause of log rotati... | 05/26/1981 |
